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by supriyo-biswas 1205 days ago
Interesting, what level are you currently at and what’s the Japanese proficiency you selected when signing up? I’m currently at Intro to Japanese, unit 3 and even though it’s titled “talk about countries and ask for directions” I still mostly get “rice and water please” most of the time.
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I’ve finished “Intro to Japanese” (8 units) and started “Japanese Foundations I” (unit 1/20), since joining at the start of the year. I didn’t know any Japanese beyond a few words in Romaji (types of sushi, etc).

It sounds like their app is different on each OS for historical reasons. On iOS at least, some very important content is oddly hidden away. The overview sections in each lesson block are well worth reading, and hiragana and katakana are on another tab so it’s easy to forget about them.